Toughened Glass Roof Glazing

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Toughened glass roof glazing.

If the glass roof forms part of an accessible area it must be treated as a glass floor. Laminated safety glass is often recommended for roof glazing although toughened glass is sufficient for some overhead glazing applications. More or less without exception the outer pane of a double glazed unit should be toughened glass. Pilkington toughened glass ths is the heat soaked form of pilkington toughened glass for those applications where a reduction in spontaneous fracture is advantageous such as structural applications barriers and roof glazing.

Laminated safety glass is often recommended for roof glazing although toughened glass is sufficient for some overhead glazing applications. For double glazing the lower pane should be one of either pilkington optilam or pilkington pyroshield 2 and the upper pane need not be a safety glass. This glass has all the benefits of toughened glass but without the risk of pieces of glass falling from the roof light if one or both of the sheets of glass in the laminate break. Contact us about glass roofs.

The inner pane may be toughened or laminated depending upon location and height above ground. If the glass roof forms part of an accessible area it must be treated as a glass floor. Generally two sheets of toughened glass provide the most economical solution for domestic projects where the rooflight is no more than 5m above floor level.